Afrikaans
38 speakers
It has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
Gunnedah, New South Wales
Languages spoken in Gunnedah
Afrikaans is the most common language after English in Gunnedah, though only about 370 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Tagalog is barely behind. The share across New South Wales is at least twice Gunnedah's.
- Residents
- 12,598
- Speak another language
- 365
- Languages at home
- 40
- Change since 2016
- +112.2%
What's spoken in Gunnedah apart from English?
None of these reaches one in 100 residents on its own.
How does Gunnedah compare with the City of Sydney?
In the City of Sydney, a language other than English is at least twice as common. Among New South Wales councils, Gunnedah ranks 81st.
- Gunnedah
- 2.9%
- City of Sydney
- 33.9%
- New South Wales
- 25.7%
Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home, by the same method for every area.
Which parts of Gunnedah are most multilingual?
Open any suburb for its own language breakdown.
- GunnedahLed by Afrikaans3%338
- Curlewis (NSW)Led by Croatian2%21
- KelvinLed by Afrikaans1%3
- Tambar SpringsLed by Danish1%3
- Carroll0%0
- Goolhi0%0
- 6 suburbs in Gunnedah. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
Other sources sometimes quote 11.5% for Gunnedah. That figure treats the 1,084 unanswered forms as another language. This page uses 2.9%, and 3.2% is the share among those who answered.
Language lists name languages only; residual ABS groups are in the totals. Summed-suburb national totals run a little low.
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